Personal Journal
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Borrowed Magic
It is my day off today, and I have spent an unreasonable amount of time looking…
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One More Ordinary Days
It is raining tonight. I can hear the steady tapping against the window while my fingers…
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Simple Days
Life Lately | May 27, 2026 (A Late Post) Some days are not extraordinary, yet they…
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God’s Timing
In His Time If I could sit across from my twenty-year-old self today, perhaps somewhere over…
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JUNE AND JULY 2026
And just like that, the months leading to my birthday are slowly unfolding again. It honestly…
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Everything Happens For A Reason
The Things We Cannot Explain There was a time when I held onto the phrase “everything…
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Life, Unposted
I didn’t realise how much time had quietly slipped by until I noticed the absence of…
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Finding Home in Small Corners
Some mornings carry a certain weight that is difficult to explain. Not sadness exactly, and not…
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Staying Steady
This week felt heavier than usual, not necessarily because anything dramatic happened in my personal life,…
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Sunday Slow Diary: The Kind of Week That Asks You to Stay Still
Before you continue reading, I want you to pause for a moment. How was your week—really?…
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Closure I Gave Myself
Before you read this, I want you to do something I rarely ask of anyone who…
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Before the Flowers Wilted
We celebrated a little early this year, and somehow that felt more like us than waiting…
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On Letting Go of Control
Sundays carry a different kind of stillness. Not the silence that follows chaos when everything has…
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Before the Phone Rings
The coffee had already gone lukewarm by the time I noticed it. I was sitting in…
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SUNDAY SLOW DIARY: HUMILITY
Sunday holds a different kind of space. It doesn’t ask for productivity or proof—it simply allows…
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Jan 13- A Love Letter, Continued
If my first entry of the year was a love letter to myself—written with honesty, boundaries,…
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Living Between
I don’t think about time as something that moves forward in a neat, obedient line. For…
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CAREN
There are years that don’t arrive gently. They come in heavy, unannounced waves—asking more than they…
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January 1, A Love Letter Begins
What are your biggest challenges? I did not arrive at this year unprepared. The work began…
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Kai Montinola: When Presence Speaks Louder Than Platforms
Kai Montinola There are moments when the noise around a person fades — when pages go…
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2025 RECAP
The year began without ceremony—no clear turning point, no surge of newness, just the steady continuation…
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November 2025 recap
November came in with a chill that settled into your bones and days that seemed to…
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A Christmas with My Mom
There are seasons in life that shimmer differently—not because of decoration or temperature, but because of…
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When Help Crosses Oceans: Balamban’s Quiet Battle After Typhoon Tino
There are times in our lives when distance becomes painfully loud — when the places we…
